Walter Benjamin Quote

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"La tarea del narrador es nombrar lo que se ha perdido"

Translations

“The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope”

Walter Benjamin

“The man who cannot take sides must keep silent.”

“As flowers turn toward the sun, by dint of a secret heliotropism the past strives to turn ...”

“Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.”

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